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On October 31, combat a fear-engaging tradition. Instead of partaking in the celebration of death and demonic tales, spread the word on how to utilize a Noah’s Ark party, to counter Halloween parties and trick-or-treating, to celebrate Noah’s Ark significance in the Old Testament and now under the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. Take the idea and entertain others in the Lord with food, goodies, Noah’s Ark animated movies, Noah’s Ark storytelling, and spreading of the gospel. Share the idea with your church or open your home. Halloween does not limit us. It’s actually a practice to aggressively counter with the everlasting message of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Here’s how I hosted a Noah’s Ark party in 1997:

I encouraged invitees to dress their children up like any animal to represent their presence on the ark. I prepared food and goodies for attendees. In addition to games, I made a Noah’s Ark animated movie or two available to watch throughout the party to encourage parents and children alike why Noah’s Ark was so significant and how the eight souls saved on the boat compares to salvation through Jesus Christ. Making literature available for take-home or sharing at the party, a Noah’s Ark party serves as a celebration of life through Jesus Christ, an evangelistic way to spread the gospel, and an entertaining party for believers to come and allow their children a way to enjoy themselves in the Lord on October 31.

As a born-again believer in Jesus Christ, I learned at the very beginning of my walk to embrace God’s Word to the fullest extent. “Fullest extent” came to include denying myself the familiar worldly practices that are not aligned with God’s Word. From that point, Halloween celebration, among other worldly practices like wild partying and horror-movie watching, became a thing of the past for me. I no longer wanted to celebrate any practice that resembled the devil, the enemy of our souls, in any form whatsoever – even if the action is done with no intent to regard that adversary.

When I became a mother, I knew that teaching my child about the unbiblical appearance and undertone of Halloween’s death-related, fear-related celebrations (regardless of the subtlety within the celebration that convinces many of its pure fun apart from any grave connotation) could lead to better practices on October 31. Many churches actually counter Halloween celebrations with fall festivals (while others support the unbiblical practice of Halloween). Finding churches to visit ahead of time over the years has become labor intensive due to the number of churches that have changed the way they book activities. (Simply put, times have so changed across the board – even the trends practiced in many churches, some of which no longer even open their doors on certain evenings, including Sunday evenings.)

From this burden for Christian families with their children on October 31, I hosted a Noah’s Ark party on October 31, 1997. I also spread the news of what I was planning in order that friends and associates in the faith would take the practice and make it available to children in their own neighborhoods as well as to children within their churches.

So, again: Spread the word on how to celebrate Noah’s Ark significance in the Old Testament and now under the New Covenant of Jesus Christ. Take the idea and entertain others in the Lord with food, goodies, Noah’s Ark animated movies, Noah’s Ark storytelling, and spreading of the gospel. Share the idea with your church or open your home. Halloween does not limit us. It’s actually a practice to counter with the everlasting message of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Just like a husband, a wife has a need to actually experience the love professed to her. In most cases, demonstration of this love reaches her heart more effectively when it’s presented tenderly, verbally, and creatively over a far longer period of time than those moments during which sexual contact can occur. Her need for value can be shown in your affection, your sacrifice, and expressed interest in her intellect.

Over a period of time, usually after the honeymoon, marital problems can present themselves in various ways. Problems occur when needs aren’t met. But crises occur when these problems linger for too long or begin to form into more severe problems such as betrayal, abuse, and neglect. Genuine reconciliation can be just as challenging to grasp when a wife is hurting as it can be when a husband is shut down. But where the Lord made reconciliation a must in marriage, He made it possible in His Word.

Marriage Vows Under Fire was written from a woman’s perspective concerning a number of issues that preoccupy our hearts. The characters face in-law problems of co-dependency, infidelity, mental illness, co-habitation, domestic violence, and other issues that so many wives and single women agonize over. While the ebooks are love stories, they are also bold series of fiction reflecting our realities. Of course, life is not fictional. To deal with our problems in relationships and to minister to a hurting wife, Biblical solutions are needed:

1 – If you realize you’ve done something that has hurt your wife – whether you betrayed her trust or shut her down with a form of dominance – don’t just apologize. Express genuine sorrow. To apologize is to remove the burden of your offense from your plate in order that you can move on. But to express sorrow is to remove the burden of your offense from your spouse’s plate in order that she can move forward.

2 – On the same note of the above point, reconciliation from a problem involves more than the hurting person’s forgiveness. Have you ever heard someone make this statement? “I have already told So & So that I’m sorry. If he/she can’t forgive me, then that’s his/her problem.” This statement or even unspoken attitude violates a passage in God’s Word.

In Matthew 5:23-24, Jesus tells us, “Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you,leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.” (New King James Version of the Holy Bible)

Forgiveness is a dominant message when reconciliation is discussed. But the other part of forgiveness is often missing in reconciliation messages. Reconciliation is approached from two, not one, angles that Jesus presents. Many times, when we’ve offended somebody, we fail to understand the depth of our part in reconciliation because of pride we harbor and sometimes even arrogance. If one spouse harbors an unforgiving attitude while the other harbors an attitude of stubborn entitlement to forgiveness (with no intention of reaching out to ensure security within the hurting loved one’s heart), which spouse is doing the will of God? Neither.

If you see your wife battling unforgiveness, which is a sin, Galatians 6:1-2 says, “Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself lest you also be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.” (New King James) Help her forgive you. Don’t stick your chest out patting yourself on the back for a few moments of effort. Is she sinning if she doesn’t forgive you? Yes. But persevere. Help her out of the sin with some tenderness and demonstrations of loyalty if that’s the necessary distance to go in order to reach her. Show enduring love and don’t require from her unconditional love if yours is fragmented by stubborn entitlement.

3 – Marriage involves traveling this life’s journey together. If you and your spouse are running a partnership marathon together, and your spouse trips and falls for any number of reasons, why would you keep heading toward the finish line by leaving your spouse on the ground to agonize in that injury alone? Do you know how many onlookers would be willing to tell you, in all honesty, how much of a nincompoop you’d be for that? Not many, if at all. (People don’t like additional problems and therefore shun correcting somebody in areas where it might really matter to somebody else.) Don’t sprint toward a finish line that can only be crossed by a husband-wife team. Lift up your injured wife and let her rest her weight on you.

Well, marriage is more than a mere marathon. And injuries do occur. Those injuries can be imposed by any number of offenses. But, with God’s Word, what are you willing to do to Biblically restore security within your wife? Especially if you had something to do with her inner wounds?

In Marriage Vows Under Fire love story series, there are characters who represent a number of couples today sitting with their lips stuck out – not to kiss but to pout. Anger has set in, betrayal has resulted in resentment, and wounds have become scars. With so many reasons to forgive and to pursue loved ones for that forgiveness, the women of Marriage Vows Under Fire resemble many of us – wives and singles.

On a Friday in February, a very profane atheist threw a lot of Bible verses at me to challenge the goodness of God. He brought up verses from the Old Testament questioning why a good God would support His prophets and David who declared and carried out death on people (including children) in the name of the Lord. This is often a question from even Christians. (And this atheist claimed to have once been a Christian for 29 years.)

God’s goodness is often misinterpreted when there is an examination of scripture without yielding to the teaching of the Holy Spirit. In St. John chapter 14-16, Jesus teaches about the Holy Spirit, referring to Him as the Comforter. Reading God’s Word will continue to tune a Spirit-filled believer in with the Holy Spirit’s voice and direction. One verse proving this is John 14:26 where Jesus said in the latter part of the verse that the Holy Spirit would bring back to our remembrance what Jesus said.

Before I write an explanation on God’s Law under the old Covenant compared to His Law being fulfilled through Jesus Christ under the new Covenant, I would like to point out why an unbeliever will never be able to comprehend God’s Word:

You Must Be Born Again

St. John 3:3-7

(3) Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. (4) Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he enter the second time into his mother’s womb, and be born? (5) Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. (6) That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. (7) Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.

In order for a person to be born again, that person must first die to self. He or she must face a grave reality that his or her current life of sin, resulting in complete separation from God, will lead to eternal damnation. A person must be willing to bury his or her old self, never to be resurrected in any way. There is no admirable or commendable trait, that ever received honor, worth holding on to from the past person who was separated from God.

This burial is symbolic. But it is also so relevant to the person’s life that this person no longer lives for the self that has been buried.

As the old person is buried, the new person is “risen” into a life abiding in Jesus Christ through faith in Him as Savior and Lord – Whose body was the Ultimate Sacrifice that paid the penalty of our sins. By His love and grace, the Father gave Jesus Christ, His only begotten Son, to finish the penalty of our sins at the cross. Only those who believe by faith on Jesus Christ (Who is God the Son, being God’s Word Himself) have salvation through this grace given to us.

Any rejection of God’s Word is indication that a person has not believed by faith on Jesus because, again, Jesus is the Word of God (St. John 1:1, 14). According to St. John 1:12, God gave us power to become His children when we receive Jesus Christ for Who He is (being the Word of God Himself, being the only begotten Son of the Father Who gave Him as the Ultimate Sacrifice that pays the penalty for sin which separates man from God, being Savior of those who believe by faith, and being our Lord Who sanctifies his believers by His cleansing Word – St. John 15:3, St. John 17:17 and Ephesians 5:26). This is what it means to be born again.

And a born again person has become a new creature (II Corinthians 5:17). But just because the born-again person is a new creature does not mean that the transformation stops there. There is ongoing growth. (For no moment can I figure out why so many Christian bloggers out there rebuttal the preaching of obedience to God’s Word and change when Paul hammered on it in his epistles as follow-up to the lovingly firm teachings of Christ Himself.)

Yes, when you are born again, you do genuinely desire and care about changing continuously to reflect His Word in your very life – from your secret places in fear of Him to your public places for His glory. Sometimes you change joyously – fully motivated. Other times you change by the rebuke of God’s Word directly or indirectly through fellow believers. Sometimes you struggle and battle your flesh down until there is subjection of that flesh to an obedient spirit, which is willing to submit to God. This is the life of a born-again believer.

A person who is not willing to deny himself in the manner of becoming born again (St. Luke 9:24) will not comprehend the Word. Even if this person decides to go through the motions of believing, he or she will not be a born again believer without the true faith as defined by God’s Word. That’s why Jesus said that you cannot place new wine into old wineskins. That old wineskin will burst because it cannot contain the new wine. Translated to our lives, a new lifestyle in Jesus Christ cannot be contained in the heart of a person who has not been born again. This is a problem among many atheists who believe that they were once Christians. This is the problem with the atheist who challenged me in February. He thought he actually was a Christian because he went through the motions for twenty-nine years. And he’d probably challenge me head-on that he was sincere. A person can definitely sincerely go through the motions – and show a number of fruits pointing to still being the old creature:

Patting himself or herself on the back for his or her good deeds done in the name of Jesus;

Becoming more knowledgeable in God’s Word for the purpose of proudness and boastfulness as opposed to knowing it for the pure desire to know and obey the Lord;

Going to church to pacify God as opposed to going for the totality of why He called His believers to assemble;

And doing other fruitless gestures from a heart that’s not actually converted.

If the new lifestyle is in the old heart that was never buried, the person can certainly go before the Lord and ask for that change by believing on His Word by faith. Be willing to give up yourself. Give up what you personally think about overall life. Give up what you think God ought to do or allow. Give up what you desire that opposes God’s Word. Give up what would glorify you. Give up your personal thrones – regardless of what position you may hold in life. (If you’re great in position like a prince, become like a servant and see yourself as deserving of the same punishment as any sinful penniless mugger on the streets.) Give up your personal methods of obeying God in exchange for His Word alone. Give up yourself running your own life for His Lordship. And bury that old person you’re giving up in order to raise up as a new person in Jesus Christ.

[There are many preachers right now who are persecuted for preaching Lordship messages because bloggers think Lordship messages like this take away from grace. But don’t define grace just by reading a few isolated verses. If you read it all (Matthew 4:4), you will learn even greater grace and grace encompassing a deeper encounter than someone’s surface explanation of it, keying in only on isolated passages.]

In St. Matthew below, you will notice that Jesus spoke to crowds in parables. He explained to His disciples why He spoke in parables. There are seeing eyes, hearing ears, and perceiving hearts that just are not going to comprehend God’s Word. The gospel is hidden to those whose hearts are “waxed gross” (v. 15) This means they are closed-minded to His Word. In fact, in that verse, Jesus said that these people have closed their eyes. Closing our eyes is a deliberate action.

It is human nature to see what we want to see, to hear what we want to hear, and to shut our hearts to anything that we do not really want. This is what happens to those who do not truly want the gospel. This is what happened to atheists who read the Word and then got upset. They are unable to perceive It as It is.

Am I saying that a believer understands all of the Word? No. A believer is willing to shut his or her own understanding up and remain open to the Holy Spirit’s teaching of God’s Word – primarily through quality time in the Word alone with God and secondarily through messages by teachers who are truly teaching God’s Word without twisting It.

[There will be times of disagreeing with the delivery of the Word. But a person abiding in Christ will discern who is truly submitted to the Lord as a teacher or preacher. As a non-Calvinist, I can receive the teachings by Brother Paul Washer and Dr. Voddie Baucham. And as a non-Arminianist, I can receive teachings by Leonard Ravenhill, who was labeled as one and was well-received by Brothers Washer and Baucham. (Neither John Calvin nor Jacob Arminius were crucified for us. I Corinthians 1:11-13)]

Receiving God’s Word in private and from one God’s true ministers means not receiving it with private interpretation of the Word to suit our own agendas but studying and meditating on It as we seek out the Spirit’s revelation of It. And believers with the attitude of little children, in their humility and lacking self-reliance, are able to seek Him this way and find through Him the meaning of His Word.

St. Matthew 12:3-23

(3) And He spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; (4) And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: (5) Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: (6) And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. (7) And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: (8) But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. (9) Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. (10) And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? (11) He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. (12) For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. (13) Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. (14) And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: (15) For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. (16) But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. (17) For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. (18) Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. (19) When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. (20) But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; (21) Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. (22) He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. (23) But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

Notice that the disciples went to Jesus apart from the crowds to ask questions. You can see this throughout the gospels. They listened to the messages and the parables and later went to Him inquiring of the meanings. Jesus will allow you to read or hear His Word. But do you have within your heart such desire for Him that you will seek out the meaning, without applying your own meaning? Are we willing to say, “I know nothing. But He knows everything.” Most people who are intellectual and highly acclaimed can’t make that statement. They just don’t believe that each individual, including themselves, know nothing. And for some, it would be easier to conclude that than to say that an invisible God knows everything.

I Corinthians 1:18

For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.

For anyone who has ever doubted, pondered, or even been confronted by a believer the way I was by the atheist, I hope my above explanation can help shed light on salvation and the cleansing of God’s Word.

The Law Under The Old Covenant

The atheist who challenged God told me that God is evil because of the many circumstances where His prophets and kings (such as David) were allowed to declare and carry out the deaths of people, including children.

Before I answer his accusation, let me say this up front in fear of Almighty God: I’m not about to excuse or pamper anybody who wants to challenge God in any way. About to feel like an insensitive heel (which I often feel like) I once had to meditate on the Lord’s Word about empathizing with anybody who was angry with Him and I received no check in my spirit to empathize, though I am to lovingly minister to anyone feeling that way. So, for anybody who would blatantly curses God and call Him evil, I offer no empathy whatsoever. But I offer His Word. I don’t even agree with hogwash popular statements that say, “You must forgive God.” He is not a man that should be seen as ever needing our forgiveness. That is grave presumptuousness that should not be taught by us who believe. Here’s my reason why: His Word in Isaiah 45:9 says, “Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?”

So, having pointed that out…

Those who lived under the old Covenant were living under the Law before it was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. They were also living under the Law before grace was given through Jesus Christ. Certainly, Israel and many people who lived for God received a foretaste of His grace. But the penalty of sin was accomplished in the blood Sacrifice of our Savior Jesus Christ. Then, came the new Covenant, through which we can go to the Father through Jesus Christ alone by grace on His part and by faith on ours. His grace encompasses forgiveness and a close walk with Him by baptism in the Holy Spirit for Gentile believers along with Jewish believers.

In the Old Testament, sins and opposition from pagan nations were confronted with serious penalties – many times to the point of death as consequence on people of all ages. Even if there were exceptions to death, consequences were grave as in the case of David’s sin with Bathsheba (which did result in death of three sons and rape of a daughter), plagues in Egypt that eventually led up to the drowning of soldiers in pursuit of the released Hebrew slaves, and the captivity of Israel’s children in Babylon. Sins committed at all ages, regardless of how minor the human heart can perceive the sin, had to be answered because of the serious offense that sin is in God’s sight.

God hates sin. This is misunderstood by the atheist who pointed out that Elisha spoke death in the name of the LORD on the children making fun of his baldness. From that point, two female bears devoured those children. From what we see as smallest to greatest sins, the wages of sin (all sin) is death, while the gift of God is eternal life (Romans 6:23). That gift, the life of Jesus Christ, was born to a virgin years upon years after Adam had brought sin (and the penalty of it) upon human beings.

Sin, which the Lord so hates, must be answered. It cannot just float undealt with. God just did not accept that as something that He would allow. (He gave His only begotten Son for this reason.) So, to see sin answered in the Old Testament appears incredibly harsh to the natural mind. In II Samuel 6:5-12, even David was upset when the Lord smote Uzzah for touching the ark of God in order to stable it as it was being carried. But God had already instructed Israel on how the ark of the LORD was to be handled. To handle it outside the parameters that the LORD had set required the penalty of disobedience explained as “error” in the King James Version of the Bible.

When the atheist brought up Elisha’s encounter with the children, speaking death on them in the name of the LORD for mocking him, all I could tell him was that Elisha did not qualify to die for us on the cross. We can certainly look at the acts of righteous people in the Old Testament and become disturbed. We could also become disturbed by God sending punishment –even to the point of death – on all who those righteous people opposed. Again, one of God’s reasons for this is because the wages of sin is death.

Why the psalmists, prophets, and kings declared death and destruction on their enemies is because, for only one reason that I can see, the grace to come was not experienced fully by them as we experience grace under the new Covenant. Grace received can be grace given. If the people of God did not experience full grace, they were unable to distribute it fully. This is what I see in the Word.

The Law Fulfilled Through Jesus Christ Under The New Covenant

The disciples James and John tried that harsh-type of retaliation which had been carried out by those in the Old Testament and got nowhere with Jesus. In fact, Jesus rebuked them.

St. Luke 9:51-56

(51) And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he stedfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, (52) And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. (53) And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. (54) And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? (55) But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. (56) For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.

These disciples were aware of the penalties of sins demonstrated in the history with which they were familiar. So were the Pharisees familiar with the penalties of sins. And they tried carrying out death on sins, too. Remember they tried to stone an adulteress until Jesus calmly told them that whoever was without sin could cast the first stone. Jesus taught us grace through His Word, demonstrated it, and mandated it once His time had come to teach and do miracles. Then, He crossed us over into that grace at the cross.

Many people who have attempted to read the Bible with understanding have closed the Book saying that it can’t possibly be true due to the contradictions found within it. Even many Christians are confounded by the seemingly conflicting statements found in the Word of God. There are explanations for this:

1) The King James Version of the Bible is a translation as are the others. The original Hebrew and Greek languages of the Bible have many meanings that do not translate in a parallel way. Words such as love have more than one meaning and usage in Hebrew and Greek. While our English Bibles may use one word love – or in the case of King James use also the word charity – the original translations use a number of words in place of our English word “love” depending on context.

Again, this is the case with numerous words in comparison to the original languages. So, reading a passage may be interpreted with our modern English intellect when, in actuality, it may have been written with a completely different meaning in accordance with an Hebrew and/or Greek understanding.

If you read the King James Version of the Bible or any other version, you must pray to its author, God Himself, for understanding. And if you can buy a Hebrew/Greek dictionary from a Bible bookstore or search the Internet for these types of aids, your study of God’s Word can be more enlightening than before.

2) Some statements are allegorical or figurative and are only used as illustrations. But because of the tendencies of the natural mind, statements are bound to be completely misinterpreted. One example would be Jesus stating, in front of a temple building, that when the people would tear down “this temple” (meaning His body, but the crowd understanding the temple as the nearby building), He would rebuild it within three days (referring to His death, burial and resurrection).

In another passage, Jesus explained to a crowd that they must drink of His blood and eat His flesh. That statement confounded many people. But He was referring to the LORD’s supper and all that it represented. [According to prophecy spoken by Isaiah in Is 53, Jesus bore our infirmities (the consequences of our sins – even illness and disease) in His body. He received the punishment due to us being our Ultimate Sacrifice. And His blood cleanses away the sins of His believers.]

On another occasion, Jesus had to answer Peter in a way that made those standing by completely misinterpret. After receiving instructions from Jesus about what he was to do after His Savior’s ascension back to heaven, Peter asked what would become of the other disciple John. In so many words, Jesus responded by telling Peter to mind his own business. He said it this way: “If I have him tarry until I return, what is that to you? You follow Me.” Hearing this, many thought that Jesus meant that John wouldn’t die. But all Jesus said was, “IF he tarry…” not “he WILL tarry…”

When Jesus made these and other statements, there was no language barrier. But the people listening to Him, listened according to their natural understanding instead of seeking Him to find out exactly what He meant. They listened presumptuously. They never did dig for clarity, like His disciples did. Jesus’ disciples constantly approached Him asking questions like, “What did you mean by that?” “How is it that You say this or that will happen?”

Just as the disciples asked for clarity when they heard Jesus speak, we also have to pray constantly whenever we read God’s Word for clarity. The Word of God is too advanced and too spiritual for comprehension by the natural mind of a human being.

When studying God’s Word, the ultimate way of understanding it and receiving clarity on what seems to be contradictions would be first to believe on Jesus Christ as the Son of God Who died and rose from the dead as a Sacrifice for the whole world. John 3:16 says that “God so loved the world that He gave His only Begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” Believe this.

Believe that Jesus died on the cross as the Ultimate Sacrifice for the death-bound life that was separating us from God and believe that He rose from the dead with all power in His hands and that He is seated on the right hand of Jehovah Father (Yahweh). Believing includes repenting (true sorrow, asking of forgiveness, and a lifetime commitment to changing toward a Biblical lifestyle), receiving the knowledge of Jesus as truth, and abiding in Christ. (Romans 10:9-10, St. John 15:1-10)

If you truly abide in Jesus Christ, you’ll love His Word so much that you will care about obeying It and understanding It despite questions birthed from your humanity. There is no way to comprehend God’s Word in our humanity.